Damon Lindelof’s 1952 Movie Gets a New Name

A lot of mystery has been surrounding the movie that’s been referred to as 1952ever since the deal between Damon Lindelof (Lost, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Walt Disney Pictures was announced back in June 2011 for a multi-platform sci-fi project. In May 2012 we reported that Brad Bird had been brought in to direct. Written by Lindelof and Bird and based on an idea by Lindelof and Jeff Jensen (yes, Losties, Doc Jensen), we didn’t know much about it but were already pretty sure we’d want to see it. Because, you know, Damon.

Disney more recently confirmed and we reported that the movie is slated to hit theaters on December 29, 2014 and will come out in 3D (although Lindelof tweeted to the contrary), and that George Clooney will be starring. Last week Lindelof and Bird tweeted some rather intriguing pictures:

The story goes that Lindelof came across the box in Walt Disney‘s personal development lab, and it was labeled “1952.” It sounded a little like an urban legend, until those pictures were posted.

Today, however, Walt Disney Pictures announced the official name for the movie, and it is… Tomorrowland. Let the speculation begin. It obviously isn’t the first movie named after a Disneyland attraction, even if you don’t count The Haunted Mansion, though it would be the first named (or based on, if in fact it somehow is) an entire Disneyland land. But in spite of many stories to the contrary, there’s one thing it isn’t, at least if you believe Damon Lindelof:

We won’t tell you what it’s about (yet), but we will tell you what it’s NOT about.And that would be ALIENS.#Tomorrowland

2 Comment responses

Hard to say if he was being sarcastic – you know, the whole Prometheus thing – or serious. For me, Lost was the best series ever on television, so I will always check out every single one of his projects. The initial word was that 1952 was a sci-fi project, so I’m doubly interested, and hopeful.